A Very Brief History Of The Cleveland Browns Team

“Players treat the Browns organization like it’s a college experience. Four years and done”(Adam Schefter). The Cleveland Browns returned to football in 1999 and have not been what Cleveland fans expected or desired. Cleveland’s team used to be one of the best teams in football, now they are just not. The Browns were once a powerhouse in the National Football League but have since fallen on hard times. Why are the Browns now unable to figure it all out.

The Browns were founded in 1946, they were one of the most successful teams in the new league. “A new rival league known as the All-American Football Conference is formed. The league consists of eight teams Buffalo Bisons, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Rockets, Los Angeles Dons, Miami Seahawks,

The Browns named Paul Brown, the former coach of The Ohio State University, their first coach. During the Browns inaugural season the achieved a 12-2 record, and winning the league championship. “In 1949, the NFL announced it would merge with the AAFC taking the Browns and two other teams. One of the other teams accepted into the NFL would be the AAFC Championship Game opponent the San Francisco 49ers. In the final AAFC Championship, the Browns would make it perfect four-for-four, as they beat the 49ers 21-7” (Cleveland Browns Team History|Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site). The Browns faced adversity going into their first NFL season, experts believed the Browns success was due to a weaker league, they believed the Browns would be unable to succeed in a more talented league.(Cleveland Browns Britannica) In the 1960’s Cleveland had one of the greatest running-backs in NFL history, Jim Brown. Cleveland planned to pair Brown with another amazing running-back from Syracuse, Ernie Davis.Their plans failed when Davis tragically contracted leukemia, he never played a down in the National Football

From 1946-1996 the Browns had an 83% winning percentage, from 1999 to present day, when they returned to football, they have had a 32% winning percentage(Cleveland Browns Official Site). The last time the Browns won a playoff game was in 1994(Pro-Football Reference). The highest selling movies at the box office in 1994: Forrest Gump and The Lion King.(Box Office Mojo) Bill Clinton still sat in the oval office in 1994. The Cold War ended in 1994, apple released its first ever computer, the Macintosh, and South Africa held its first ever multicultural election.(Wikipedia). 22 years later and the Browns have still not won a playoff game. That would be the longest active streak had the Browns not left in 1996-1999. Everyone has to remember that the Browns weren't always bad. “The Browns have won four NFL championships (1950, 1954–55, 1964) and four All-America Football Conference (AAFC) championships (1946–49)”(Cleveland Browns